I argue that economists have reasons internal to the way that evidence works in the sciences to re-discover the importance of the history of their own discipline. For it is a constitutive element of science - here conceived as an ongoing research practice (as opposed to as an explanatory...

Karel Engliš's teleology emphasizes realistic assumption of virtually acting man. Virtually acting man theoretical assumption is however quite contrary to the mathematical and statistical methods widely used in modern microeconomic analysis. In this paper, I argue that the evidence of...

This paper examines the relationship between poverty dynamics, causal pluralism, and mixed method research approaches. It reviews the nature and significance of the shift from the analysis of poverty status to poverty dynamics, discusses different approaches to causal reasoning and causal...

In this essay it is argued 1) that Ludwig von Mises's conception of thymology refers to the content of mental actions, and 2) that by Mises's own theory, standard economic propositions are not a priori propositions

This paper suggests ways in which a marriage between neoclassical and institutional economics can improve our analytical understanding of economic problems as well as empirical testing and estimation relating to economic issues. Theoretical modeling which considers optimizing agents, constrained...

In his recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association, Paul Hohenberg argued that anthropometric history does not meet his criteria for useful research in the field of economic history. He considers research useful if (a) it "helps shape one of our underlying...

The contribution of economic analysis to the study of transformations is complicated by difficulties concerning both subject matter and method. The subject may be a grand social transformation or it may be a transformation of a more narrowly defined economic system. The method may be derived...

The first edition of Mark's Economic Theory in Retrospect (1962) includes a chapter on methodology, ‘A Methodological Postscript,' which starts with four big epistemological and methodological questions: ‘What do economists know? How much does economics explain? What are the principles upon...

For the purpose of analysis and assessment of the great literary and non-literary argumentations, the research methodology has always been a vital concern in today's scenario. Women's perspective has been always taken into account in feminist research as the base of the research. The...